You can’t help wondering if some astronomers listen to rock music as they gaze at the stars, given that a couple of names in The Dictionary of Minor Planet Names(Amazon) honor the band Yes and also Procol Harum. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Starship Troopers Holding Mirrors to the Sky”
We were talking earlier about the dictionary of minor planets, and Grant, there is a minor planet that’s called Yes.
After the band?
Yes!
Of course!
That’s what it says in the dictionary.
It says, yes, a rock and roll music group has been creating music since 1968.
The band is best known for its albums, the Yes album, Fragile, Close to the Edge, and 90125.
Yeah, people who love that band really love that band.
I love it.
I’m just imagining there’s like a phonograph, you know, an old record player out there somewhere and say still spinning their records on a loop.
Well, yeah, and I’m imagining astronomers going over their data and listening to Yes.
There’s also a Procol Harum minor planet as well.
Oh, that’s interesting.
I wonder if they like spin around each other in shared gravity space.
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